Yesterday Spouse & I decided to do some rug cleaning. The area rug in the living room had a couple little spots from a bad little dog (Walter), so we began by spot-treating those areas 1st then using our carpet cleaner machine on the full rug.
A few minutes into the spot-treating I noticed a very strong smell. Typically rug cleaning products have a nice, fresh scent but this smelled the opposite. I asked Spouse if he noticed the smell too and he immediately said yes.
Then he looked at the bottle he'd been spraying on the rug and said "Oh my god - this is insect killer!" When he'd pulled the bottles out from under the kitchen sink he didn't notice that 1 of them was insect spray.
We hoped that the carpet cleaning machine and solution would wash the insect spray smell out so we continued with our plan of cleaning the full rug with the machine. But a couple hours later as the rug was drying the smell was definitely still there. Since the rug wasn't expensive we decided to roll it up and put it in the garage until we could dispose of it. That chemical smell was too much.
Next we turned our attention to the planting beds. I pulled some weeds, fixed the landscaping fabric that had become loose due to high wind, and then we spread a couple bags of fresh mulch. Of course we didn't have enough - isn't that the way it always works? - but it still looks better than it did before.
After dinner Spouse & I were looking at area rugs for the living room on Amazon and found this one in the clearance section:
Its 8'x11' and priced at $149.99 but there was a box to click for a 'coupon' which took off an additional $22.50 so the final purchase came to $127.49 with free shipping since we are Prime members. Deals like this are why we weren't so upset about having to throw away the previous rug. It should arrive on Wed.
Our TV room used to have ivory-colored furniture with red accent pillows, red curtains, and red rugs.
Several months ago we donated that furniture and got a burgundy reclining love seat in its place, and after Spouse's mom passed, Spouse wanted her burgundy reclining chair. But despite changing the furniture, we never changed the rugs or curtains. For months its been bugging me that the red curtains and rugs clashed with the burgundy love seat and recliner.
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Last week I decided to do something about it. I began looking at rugs on Amazon Prime, sifting through the hundreds and hundreds of options. Eventually I stumbled upon a color/size/price combination that was perfect! I showed it to Spouse and he agreed, so I immediately ordered 2.
The rugs arrived and I immediately rolled them out. I like the pattern and colors even more than I thought I would!
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In fact, it was quite by accident that I discovered the rug actually has the purple and turquoise colors found in the 2 occasional chairs that are also in the room. This made me even more pleased with the purchase!
Now if I could only find some new curtains to replace those hideous red ones! I've been searching Amazon Prime and other sites, but haven't found anything yet. Grommet topped curtains are all the rage but I can't use them with our hardware. 86" length curtains are also much more abundant, but I need 63" length. I know, I could by 86" length grommet topped curtains and cut off the tops to make them 63" with a rod pocket, but I don't feel like paying someone to do that after paying for new curtains. Hopefully my patience will be rewarded.
So the curtain search continues, but we're SUPER pleased with our rug updates.
